Healthy Eating
Fish & Chips is not only a delicious meal, it is also an important part of a healthy balanced diet. Fish & Chips is Good Real Food!
Not many people know that Fish & Chips is actually lower in calories than the majority of its fast food rivals. In fact, it is one of the healthiest forms of takeaway food with, on average, a third fewer calories and over forty per cent less fat than dishes such as burgers, donner kebabs, chicken korma or cheese and tomato pizza. (Source: Seafish).
Seafood is an important part of our diet and should, according to medical opinion, take the place of other less healthy every-day meal items, as it provides a unique contribution to the supply of essential nutrients needed to ensure that the human body can maintain itself in a state of good physical and mental health.
- Seafood is unique nutritionally in several respects (Source: Sea Food):
- Seafood is a rich source of vitamins and minerals. It is unique in that it provides the only nutritionally significant source of certain polyunsaturates, known as 'omega-3', which have important health implications. Research demonstrates the value of these omega-3 polyunsaturates, in fighting heart disease, arthritis, cancer, and in promoting good brain function.
